Christmas Page

Christmas data in Senior infants

2011-12-16T11:24:00.001-08:00

Friday, 16th December 2011

Today we chatted about our favourite Christmas things.

Of course we all love Santa and Christmas presents, but these weren't choices for us.

Look at what we chose:

We counted and compared the groups, saw which had most and least, saw "how many more" or "how many less" there were in some groups as compared with others.

We learned lots of maths from this activity.

Another wonderful nativity play in Junior infants

2011-12-15T10:48:00.001-08:00

Well done to Ms. Conneely's class for such a fantastic play today. The songs were so catchy that we just had to sing along. We were all really impressed by such wonderful actors and actresses in this class.

Nativity plays in Junior infants

2011-12-15T10:47:00.001-08:00

The story of the First Christmas Tree

2011-12-14T06:59:00.001-08:00

Teacher told us the story of the first Christmas tree.

It happened when a man from Germany got lost in a forest late one winter's night.

He lit some candles and put them on a tree to keep him from feeling lonely and frightened.

At drama time, the man from the forest came to visit us, and we were able to ask him lots of questions about his frightening experience, and about what the forest was like on the cold dark winter's night.

We also heard how he chose the perfect Christmas tree.

We really enjoyed this story. We will remember it whenever we look at our own Christmas trees.

Christmas Reindeer and Angels in Junior infants

2011-12-08T11:48:00.001-08:00

Christmas preparations in Second Class

2011-12-08T11:47:00.000-08:00

We have been learning about Advent. We are busy getting ready for Christmas. We have made a class Advent Calendar and are counting the days until Christmas. We have begun decorating our classroom and have posted letters to Santa. We are also practicing for the Carol Service.

Room 1 Junior infant preparations

2011-12-06T12:04:00.000-08:00

We are getting very excited about Christmas. We have a Christmas Tree in our classroom and we all helped to decorate it today. It was great fun. Look how nice our tree looks when we all worked together to decorate it.
It's beginning to feel alot like Christmas......

Getting ready in Junior Infants

2011-12-05T11:51:00.000-08:00

Through out Advent we will have a student of the day.

Student of the Day, 1st December

Student of the Day, 2nd of December

Our Advent Calendar. It helps us with the countdown to Christmas

Some of the Fantastic Christmas art we have made. These are Santas toy sacks.
We had great fun decorating the Christmas tree today. We think it looks magical!

Getting ready for Christmas in Junior infants

2011-12-01T13:11:00.000-08:00

Advent: A time of preparation

2011-12-01T13:09:00.001-08:00

We are learning about Advent at present and we made these Advent Wreaths yesterday.

We are busy preparing for Christmas in Room 3. As well as getting ready for Santa's visit and counting down the days to Christmas on our Christmas calendar we are also preparing in a very special way for the birth of Jesus. This morning we all worked together and put up our crib on the altar in our classroom. It looks great! We also put up our Advent Wreath and Advent Calendar. We will be praying for a special intention for each day of Avent and we will try to be extra good, kind and helpful to everyone we meet as a special birthday present to Jesus.
Advent Wreath

The candles are lit to symbolise the light of God coming into the world through the birth of Christ. On the first, second and fourth Sundays of Advent a purple candle is lit (each sunday the candle from the previous sunday is re-lit). The colour purple as used during the period of lent, reminds us to prepare a welcome for Jesus during the Advent season. On the third Sunday of Advent a pink candle is lit. Pink is the colour of joy to remind us that we should be ready to welcome Jesus at Christmas. On christmas Eve the white candle is lit to celebrate the birth of Christ - The light of the World.

Celebrating Advent in school

2011-12-01T13:06:00.001-08:00

Advent Wreaths

2011-11-28T08:29:00.001-08:00

Advent Wreaths: Senior Infants

2010-11-26T11:51:00.001-08:00

Getting Christmassy in Scoil Chaitríona

2009-12-04T14:17:00.000-08:00

Our school is preparing for Christmas. Look at the lovely displays and art work around the infant corridor. Which ones are in your classroom?